Nursery-chair.



L. G. LOYE.

NURSERY CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25. 1910.

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NURSERY-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14:, 1915.

Application filed November 25, 1910. Serial No. 584,121.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LILLIAN G. LOYE, of Minneapolis, I-Iennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nursery-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a nursery chair equipped with a combined vessel and seat which can be easily and quickly fitted into the chair and is readily removed.

A further object is to provide a nursery chair of economical construction and one which can be easily kept clean.

The invention consists generally in a nursery chair having a combined vessel and seat.

Further the invention consists in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view through a nursery chair embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a top view of the combined seat and vessel, Fig. 3 is a sectional View of the same, Fig. 4 illustrates a means for holding a cloth or felt pad upon the seat part, Fig. 5 is a sectional View, illustrating the manner of tilting the vessel to empty it.

In the drawing, 2 represents a nursery chair of ordinary construction having a rail 3 surrounding the opening where the seat is usually arranged.

4 is a vessel, made preferably of sheet metal, though any other suitable material may be employed, and of suitable size and shape to fit into the lower portion of the chair. The upper walls of this vessel are flared outwardly and extended horizontally to form a seat 5, which is adapted to rest on the rail 3, extending outwardly to the walls of the chair and completely filling the space usually occupied by the seat portion. This horizontal seat portion may be formed integrally with the walls of the vessel or it may be made independently and secured to said Walls. In either case, it forms the complete top or seat portion of the chair and is supported, with the vessel, by suitable means secured to the walls of the chair, as heretofore described. As indicated in Figs. 1 and 5, the rear wall of the vessel is smooth and unobstructed, while the forward portion has an inwardly projecting flange 6 which forms a handle for lifting and emptymg the vessel. I prefer also to provide a seat pad 7 of suitable material, such as cloth or felt, held in place by suitable means, such as the straps 8, which are attached at 9 to the seat pad and pass up through slots 10 and down under the edges of the flange 5 and are fastened together at the rear of the vessel. This pad is of proper form to fit the seat portion and may be readily removed.

I do not wish in this application to be confined to any particular form of vessel or the size of the seat flange, as both of these parts are capable of modification without departing from the spirit of my invention except as defined by the claim.

I claim as my invention A nursery chair seat comprising a relatively broad horizontal portion to rest upon and entirely cover the seat rail of a chair and conforming in area and outline to the space defined by the sides and back of the upper portion of the chair at its junction with the lower portion, the front and opposite side edges of said seat being substantially straight and the rear having prolonged curved corners, and the seat having its central portion downwardly depressed to extend from the inner wall of the seat rail to form a receptacle constituting a continuation of the scat, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of November, 1910.

LILLIAN G. LOYE.

Witnesses:

GENEVIEVE E. SORENSEN, EDWARD A. PAUL.

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